—C.L. Taylor, international bestselling author of BEFORE I WAKE
—Catherine McKenzie, international bestselling author of HIDDEN
—Andrew Pyper, #1 international bestselling author of THE DEMONOLOGIST and THE DAMNED
—Atul Gawande, author of BEING MORTAL
—Lionel Shriver, author of WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
—Sandeep Jauhar, author of DOCTORED
—Anita Shreve, author of STELLA BAIN
February 2, 2016
Like death, taxes and Nicholas Sparks movies with a mid-February release date, you can count on the same thing happening this time every year. You see the signs long before it actually happens: in convenience stores suddenly filled with red and pink cards, in restaurants rolling out their prix fixe menus for two, in the streets strewn with pastel conversation hearts. The world turns into a wasteland of love --- like something straight out of George Miller’s nightmares. Even Tom Hardy can’t save us from this. You probably know it as Valentine’s Day.
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February 2, 2016
This Bookreporter.com Special Newsletter spotlights a book that releases this winter. Read more about it, and enter our Winter Reading Contest by Wednesday, February 3rd at 11:59am ET for a chance to win one of five copies of THE FLOOD GIRLS by Richard Fifield, which releases today. Please note that each contest is only open for 24 hours, so you will need to act quickly!
Editorial Content for The Evening SpiderBookTeaserA gripping blend of psychological suspense and historical true crime, this riveting novel --- inspired by a sensational real-life murder from the 1800s --- by critically acclaimed author Emily Arsenault delivers a heart-stopping mystery linking two young mothers from different centuries. PromoA gripping blend of psychological suspense and historical true crime, this riveting novel --- inspired by a sensational real-life murder from the 1800s --- by critically acclaimed author Emily Arsenault delivers a heart-stopping mystery linking two young mothers from different centuries. About the BookFrances Barnett and Abby Bernacki are two haunted young mothers living in the same house in two different centuries. 1885: Frances Barnett is in the Northampton Lunatic Hospital, telling her story to a visitor. She has come to distrust her own memories, and believes that her pregnancy, birth and early days of motherhood may have impaired her sanity. During the earliest months of her baby’s life, Frances eagerly followed the famous murder trial of Mary Stannard --- which captivated New Englanders with its salacious details and expert forensic testimony. Following --- and even attending --- this trial, Frances found an escape from the monotony of new motherhood. But as her story unfolds, Frances must admit that her obsession with the details of the murder were not entirely innocent. Present day: Abby has been adjusting to motherhood smoothly --- until recently, when odd sensations and dreams have begun to unsettle her while home alone with her baby. When she starts to question the house’s history, she is given the diary of Frances Barnett, who lived in the house 125 years earlier. Abby finds the diary disturbing, and researches the Barnett family’s history. The more Abby learns, the more she wonders about a negative --- possibly supernatural --- influence in her house. She becomes convinced that when she sleeps, she leaves her daughter vulnerable --- and then vows not to sleep until she can determine the cause of her eerie experiences. Frances Barnett might not be the only new mother to lose her mind in this house. And like Frances, Abby discovers that by trying to uncover another’s secrets, she risks awakening some of her own. Copyright © 2026 The Book Report, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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